Topics: - International spillovers and spillbacks from monetary, macroprudential and fiscal policies; - Global determinants of low interest rates and inflation; - Financial risk-taking in a global environment of low interest rates; - Policy challenges in managing large and volatile cross-border...

The Digital Economy Summer School will deal with some of the challenges that regulators and policy makers face due to this technological revolution. The program targets advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners that want to understand how the so-called new...

The goal of this workshop is to discuss recent developments on the identification of the real effects of financial frictions. We are particularly interested in applied theoretical and empirical work using micro data on the interplay between financial institutions, financial shocks and their...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

We aim at creating a forum of junior and senior experts to discuss cutting-edge research in the fields of economic growth and fluctuations (EGF). We do not want to limit the range of topics, but rather be broad and open to the best type of research conducted in the EGF field.

We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers addressing issues including: - The causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of economic activity. - The evolution of economic geography in response to globalization. - The interaction between trade, geography and growth. -...

This workshop is focused on the interplay between economic geography, trade in products and production factors, and their relationship to economic growth. We encourage submissions of theoretical and empirical papers addressing issues including (but not limited to): - The causes and consequences...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

We aim at creating a forum of junior and senior experts to discuss cutting-edge research in the fields of economic growth and fluctuations (EGF). We do not want to limit the range of topics, but rather be broad and open to the best type of research conducted in the EGF field.

Financial systems play a vital role in boosting productivity growth by allocating resources efficiently and facilitating investment and innovation. But they are also prone to costly booms and busts, which can leave deep scars on the productive tissue of the economy. Indeed, in the aftermath of...